This zip file contains data sets used in several validity and reliability tests
described in Berry, Ringquist, Fording and Hanson's AJPS article "Measuring Citizen
and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960-93."  The files and their
contents are described below.

Xsection.wk1: This is a LOTUS spreadsheet file containing the following variables:

NAME: STATE POSTAL CODE
STATE: STATE NUMBER (1-50 in alphabetical order) 	
DFAC: USLANER AND WEBER DEMOCRATIC ST LEG IDEOLOGY
RFAC: USLANER AND WEBER REPUBLICAN ST LEG IDEOLOGY	
COAD_R74: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY IDEOLOGY 1974	
COAD_D74: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IDEOLOGY 1974 	
GIBDEM: FROM COTTER, ET.AL., ID MEASURE OF DEM PARTY COUNTY CHAIRPERSONS	
GIBREP: FROM COTTER, ET AL., ID MEASURE OF REP PARTY COUNTY CHAIRPERSONS	
COAD_R79: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY IDEOLOGY, AVG OF 1979-80		
COAD_D79: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IDEOLOGY, AVG OF 1979-80		
CRIDEO: SELF-ID OF REP NAT'L CONVENTION DELEGATES 1980	
CDIDEO: SELF-ID OF DEM NAT'L CONVENTION DELEGATES 1980	
COAD_R80: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY IDEOLOGY 1980	
COAD_D80: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IDEOLOGY 1980	
WEM7682: WRIGHT, ERIKSON AND MCIVER'S (1985) MEASURE OF STATE IDEOLOGY	
WEM7688: ERIKSON, WRIGHT AND MCIVER'S (1993) MEASURE OF STATE IDEOLOGY	
CITI7682: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE CITIZEN IDEOLOGY, AVG 1976-82 	
CITI7688: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE CITIZEN IDEOLOGY, AVG 1976-88 	
WEMPOL: WRIGHT, ERIKSON AND MCIVER'S (1987) MEASURE OF STATE POLICY LIBERALISM	
INST7682: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY, AVG 1976-82	
KLINGMAN: KLINGMAN AND LAMMERS' ESTIAMTE OF STATE POLICY LIBERALISM	
CITI6178: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE CITIZEN IDEOLOGY, AVG 1961-78	
INST6178: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF STATE GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY, AVG 1961-78


Reliable.wk1: This is a LOTUS spreadsheet file containing the follwoing variables:

STATE: STATE NUMBER (1-50 in alphabetical order)	
YEAR: YEAR OF OBSERVATION	
CITIADA: MEASURE OF CITIZEN IDEOLOGY BASED ON ADA SCORES ONLY	
CITICOPE: MEASURE OF CITIZEN IDEOLOGY BASED ON COPE SCORES ONLY	
INSTADA: MEASURE OF GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY BASED ON ADA SCORES ONLY	
INSTCOPE: MEASURE OF GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY BEASED ON COPE SCORES ONLY	
CITIACLU: MEASURE OF CITIZEN IDEOLOGY BASED ON ACLU SCORES ONLY (1977-92)	
INSTACLU: MEASURE OF GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY BASED ON ACLU SCORES ONLY (1977-92)


Tseries.wk1: This is a LOTUS spreadsheet file containing the following variables:

YEAR: YEAR OF OBSERVATION
CITIDEO: BERRY, ET AL. MEASURE OF CITIZEN IDEOLOGY AGGREGATED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL
MOOD: STIMSON'S MEASURE OF POLICY MOOD



